Days started to pass by and Draco was bound to leave he just wanted to make sure everyone knew why he was doing this and reassured his Father and Mother he'd be fine, he hoped, plus it would keep Voldemort from coming after his Father since he would have him. Draco walked out to the quidditch pitch and sat down on the bleachers just over looking the scenery he had decided to skip charms. He started to re think about what he was doing and he had to reassure himself as well from time to time. He felt a tap on his Shoulder and turned around to face Pansy.

"Hey."

"Hey," he gave her a questioning "What brings you here?"

"I was sitting over there," she pointed to the top "So I decided to keep you company," she took a seat "Unless you want me to go back over there?"

"No I'm just here thinking," he sighed as a thought hit him, "Hermione would kill me if she knew I was skipping."

"Oh me too…"

"Me three," Blaise sat down in front of Draco and Pansy having his back face the pitch "Noticed you Draco coming out here then I ran into you both…A little Slytherin time," They all laughed.

"Yeah it's been awhile, huh," Pansy smiled "But I'm glad we became closer to the Gryffindors."

"I wonder how close you've gotten," Blaise laughed followed by Draco.

"Oh shut up you two! What about you Blaise deflowered that Weasley girl yet?" she laughed.

"Whoa! You sounded like the old Parkinson right there," He paused "And no I haven't they are more pressing matters to discuss then shagging," he smirked and looked over at Draco "How ya been?"

"Just thinking like I said before…"

"Draco I don't think-"

"Pansy I've already heard it just keep it to yourself," he sighed "Just be there for me alright," he looked up at both of them and they nodded.

"Don't worry I'll watch out for her," Pansy said.

"And I'll back her up on that," Blaise said.

"Thanks."

They sat there talking about new things and old things and just enjoyed the company of each other.

"Ron really says it like that?"

Pansy laughed "YES! But it's so cute…"

"So he says iloveyoupansy all the time…why doesn't he space out the words?"

"I don't know, but Blaise it's cute so shut up," She laughed.

"Okay."

"Hermione!"

"Funny Draco…I'm not her," Pansy laughed and so did Blaise, but when she came onto the quidditch pitch they shut up and bolted into different directions, but when they couldn't find anywhere they decided to lay down flat until she passed. As Hermione came into the pitch with Ron and Harry she could have sworn she saw Draco's platinum blonde hair, but she shook it out of her head as she headed towards the benches where her friends were strapping up for a little game of quidditch. Ginny was making her way down she had more of a walk since her last class was in the astronomy tower. By the time Harry and Ron got done Ginny showed up with a weird expression on her face as she got closer to Hermione.

"What's wrong with you?" Ron asked, she pointed at Hermione's finger and everyone followed with their gaze.

"Hermione is-" Harry began.

"That a-" Ron came in.

"Engagement ring?" and Ginny finished and Hermione laughed at her friend 'I love them!' she smiled to herself.

"No it's a promise ring! That Draco promises to come back to me after everything is over," she sighed as she held up her hand towards the sun making the diamonds sparkle.

"It's so pretty!" Ginny grabbed her hand and held it up to her eyes "Silver and green, eh?"

"Well…just think if that's your 'Promise ring' wait till you get your engagement ring," Ron laughed.

"Oh shut up!"

Hermione took her seat back on the bench as she watched her friends kick off from the ground. She was wondering why she hadn't seen any of her other friends, but she guessed they were in the Dungeons doing Slytherin things, she laughed. Draco caught her laugh and peeked out from where he was hiding and smiled and then frowned as he realized something.

"Zabini! Parkinson! Get up! Why are we hiding from Hermione Granger? We're Slytherins this isn't us at all," he heard the other two laughs who agreed. As they got up they headed towards the middle of the pitch where she was sitting and smiling.

"I thought I saw you," she smiled "Enjoy skipping I see?"

They stopped dead in their tracks and looked at one another until they all started throwing different explanations at her. Draco stopped as he saw her smile grow into a chuckle.

"What's so funny," he drawled.

"Slytherins explaining to a Gryffindor bookworm on why they were skipping," that shut everyone up "Oh and by the way I didn't know you were skipping, but your shocked faces said everything."

"Hermione!" Pansy launched herself at the girl and started tickling her and she tickled her back. Hermione was glad to have Pansy as a friend despite their differences from the beginning; she just couldn't live without this girl. Blaise stood back and watched his girl go in and out of the hoops like she was on a professional quidditch team.

"Accio broom!" he yelled and in a couple minutes his broom came into view and he jumped on. Draco got the idea and did the same thing. Once they were up in the sky with Harry and Ron they decided to play in on a game of quidditch while Hermione and Pansy stayed on the ground having their girl talk. They played for about 30 minuets before Draco waved Ron over and whispered something in his ear and nodded at the two girls who were waving for them to follow them into the castle.

"On the count of three," Draco nodded.

"Three!" Draco and Ron laughed as they picked up speed and started following their girls from behind.

Hermione turned around "Oh shit! Pansy run!"

They broke off into a sprint, but that wasn't a match to their brooms Draco and Ron dove and caught their girl at the end of their brooms, but regretted it as Hermione and Pansy let out an ear piercing scream. Draco grabbed Hermione and reassured her she was safe which calmed her down, but Ron was having more difficulty. The audience started to roar with laughter as they watched the scene before them. Harry was clutching his stomach while Blaise and Gin helped one another stay on their brooms.

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"So now what Father we sit here and wait for Draco to come to us and then what," Samantha was irritated at the moment; she still could not get over the fact that her Father had let them go so easily.

"Shut up Samantha all you've been doing is whine!"

She threw Zach an evil look and was about to say something when Pettigrew burst into the door. "Master, the young Malfoy is coming Severus has just sent word!" he held up the letter to his Master who took it and examined it closely.

"Was this close?" he nodded "Then what made you think to open it?" he stood their still. Voldemort shook his head and reread the letter making sure it was correct and what his servant said was true the young Malfoy would be coming just like he had planned; now his plan was in action. He paced around the room feeling everyone's eyes on him, but continued on anyway. He had to get Draco on his side completely, but how.

"Master, I was just wondering how you're planning to get young Draco to join us he'll be putting on a show…" Pettigrew paused "It's not like you could erase his memory of that mud blood and his blood traitor friends," he laughed, but stopped once Voldemort spun around and laughed menacingly.

"Brilliant Pettigrew now go fetch me Snape I need him to make a potion for me," he smirked and caused his daughter to laugh.

"You're brilliant Father," she cocked her hip "Could I have him?"

"What better person to have other then him," she smiled "After all he is my heir and you my daughter."

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"Come on Hermione," Draco held out his arms "I just want a hug and then I'm off to go talk to my Father."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes Hermione," his stomach turned as he lied to her "Now come on he's waiting for me."

She smiled and ran into his arms and he wrapped his arms around her tightly taking in the feeling and the smell of her hair 'Hmmm, I'm going to miss this,' he thought as he let go of her.

"Now hurry back because I want to show you something," she teased, ever since Draco and she had that one night Hermione couldn't help, but ask for it every night which Draco had no objection to at all. He smiled as he lifted her chin up and placed a soft kiss on her lips.

"Love you Hermione."

She smirked and turned around with her nose up in the air and he laughed. He loved it when she tried to act all tough towards him, but it hurt to know he wasn't going to be with her tonight or many nights after that. He sighed and made his way down to the Entrance hall he paused as it came into view taking note that his Father, Mother, Snape, Dumbledore, Harry, Ron and Blaise were waiting for him. He tried to smile at his Mother and everyone else, but his Mother just broke down crying into his arms Lucius pulled her back onto him and nodded at his son.

"Good luck son and I'm very proud of the way you turned out to be," he smiled and his Mother nodded in his chest which she pushed her self off and gave him a hug.

"We'll try to hurry on our end so this whole thing goes by fast, but please Draco be safe and DON'T trust them!"

"I know Mother I already know the plan. I'm going to act like my old self and pretend I know nothing of my Father's appearance here and I'm there to replace him for I feel like it was what Father wanted from me to do as his last request," she wiped the tears from her eyes and kissed her son's cheek.

"Draco I'll be delivering you to the Dark Lord," Snape nodded as he stood by the doors now.

"Mr. Malfoy I must say you have changed a lot and I'm considering whether or not to put you into Gryffindor after this," Lucius cough and chocked "but as we all know it is not I who chooses the houses it is the sorting hat," Dumbledore bid Draco good luck and stood back. Harry, Ron and Blaise came next and stood silent for awhile until Ron spoke.

"So I guess…If we defeat the Dark Lord…It'll be he-who-is-a-ferret since you'll be the heir," the boys laughed, but it was a good laugh loosening up the tension and awkwardness.

"Watch out for Hermione and take care of yourselves."

"YOU take care of yourself and of course we'll take care of her we are her best friends after all," Harry clapped Draco on the back.

"What are you going to say about me?"

"That after you found out of the deaths of your Parents you turned your back on everything in general so he doesn't know what side you're on," he half smiled at Blaise.

"Take care Mate," he clapped Draco on the back and stepped back with Harry and Ron. He took one last look at everyone before turning to the entrance where Snape was waiting on him.

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Hermione was humming a love song on the way to her dorm which she danced into and sat on the couch not noticing the two girls sitting on the other one, but as she moved her head around to her humming she caught their movement and screamed.

"Calm down Hermione it's just Ginny and I," Pansy assured her.

"Oh hey," she paused "What are you two doing her?"

"We're here to comfort you," Ginny held her breath "Draco left tonight."

"No he didn't he's talking to his Father right now-" she paused "He lied to me didn't he," They nodded and she got up and looked out the window. She stood there over looking the grounds and there he was his platinum blonde hair getting smaller and smaller as someone led him towards the forbidden forest "I hate it when he does that," she wiped a tear away that was trailing down her cheek. Ginny and Pansy got up and came up and held her from behind.

"It'll be okay," Pansy said.

"Everything will work out fine," followed Ginny.

Hermione took in a deep breath and smiled "You both are absolutely right you know why" they waited "He's Draco Malfoy!"

They laughed as Hermione said it exactly how he would of if he was here. They talked and chatted awhile until the other boys joined them and one by one the boys trailed out leaving the girl there to stay with Hermione over night.

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They went deeper and deeper within the forest and Draco was growing colder he could even see his breath as he breathed it out. Snape hadn't talked to him at all since they had left the grounds, but he could no longer take she silence so when he was about to speak up Snape did instead.

"It's in that cave," he motioned for Draco to follow and went inside the dark cave. Draco took out his wand 'Lumos,' he thought as his wand lit up on the other end he saw Snape pick up a piece of paper and held it out for Draco to touch and once he did it pricked his finger and pulled him into a spiraling hole that made him lose his balance just as his knees were about to give out Snape pulled him up and set him firmly on the ground.

"You act as if you have never traveled by portkey," he whipped his robes behind him and pushed open and old black door where light was illuminating the room. Draco followed suit eyeing the room closely there was a bunch of old pictures on the way, but he could not make out what they were of. They stopped at a door and Snape turned to him.

"He's waiting for you," he stepped back "I have some other things to do."

He turned and started to walk towards the dark hall way Draco stood in front of the door and just as he was about to knock the door opened up revealing Samantha. She smiled sweetly at him and stood on the side as she ushered him in.

"My Father's been waiting for you."

"Ah Draco," Voldemort turned around and faced the boy "So good to see you. What pray tell brings this wonderful visit."

"Ever since you told me about my inheritance of your status I decided to claim it for my Father would be honored if I was to take his place as your right hand man and your apprentice," he kneeled down on one knee before him "Will you have me Lord?"

"What about your precious Mud blood?"

"What about her," Draco stood up looking angry "The moment I found out of my Father's disappearance from my Mother I felt anger towards the Mud Blood for if I had just left her," he thought for a moment "Well she left me alone I would be right here standing next to my Father. My Father disappeared because of me…my selfishness," he bowed "Please forgive me Master. I will forever serve you."

"Oh Draco," Samantha cooed "I knew you would get some sense knocked into you," she circled around him and nodded at her Father.

"I suppose I'll accept your apology, but let's talk more over dinner, shall we?" he whipped his robes behind him as he walked out of the room. Draco got up and was bout to follow, but Sam pulled him back.

"Is what you say true," she looked him in the eyes "Because if it is a lie…I'll be the one to kill her," she laughed "Wait, I already am." She began to walk out, but Draco pulled her back and spun around and placed kiss on her lips and pulled away.

"Why bother with Mud when I have Pureness and clarity right in front of me," she smiled and kissed him again "After you," he opened the door and bowed his head. She smiled and followed the sound of her Fathers foot steps meanwhile Draco behind her was brushing his lips off with his hand. 'The things I do,' he thought as he entered a dining room that was more glamorous then his at the Manor. The table was 8 feet long and in three sections and above the three sections was a crystal chandelier hanging above the hard oak glossy table. There were table settings laid out at one end of the table. Draco noticed Voldemort sitting at the head and motioned for Draco to sit on his right and his daughter on the right of Draco. He heard the tapping of high heels hit the hard wood floor and looked up, there his aunt Bella stood smirking at everyone before her.

"Well if it isn't my nephew Draco," she seethed "Come to make peace?"

"I'm here to as the Dark Lord's heir," she turned to Voldemort who nodded his head "So I'd better watch your mouth if I were you, Aunt Bella," he mocked.

"Why you little-"

"Mother shut up!"

"You're going to let your daughter talk to me like that?"

"Why should I stop her or something," Samantha smiled "She stands up for family, her and Draco are cousins anyway, correct?"

'Cousin!?' Draco's mouth dropped 'I kissed my cousin…isn't that considered incest?'

"Please let's not talk about it," Sam knew what Draco was thinking for she too was thinking the same thing as well. She changed her mind about ever dating him now. They sat in silence until the Flints' showed up taking seats next to Lestrange and in came Snape with a pitcher and some wine glasses levitating behind him. He set the cups down one by one and nodded his head towards Voldemort as he watched on. Draco who was busy staring at Snape who was pouring wine in their glasses failed to notice Voldemort tip a vial of liquid into his cup, but everyone else noticed and smiled menacingly. Pettigrew stumbled into the room holding his wine glass in the air looking drunk decided to make a toast before dinner showed up on their plate.

"Cheer to Draco Malfoy successor for Lucy Malfoy hiccup I am so glad you're here hiccup because if you weren't we'd lose hope in defeating hiccup Harry pott- hiccup potter and that damn hiccup army of his!-"

'Lucy? He's definitely not in the right mind,' Draco laughed.

"Drink," Voldemort interrupted as he raised his glass and downed it, but glanced over at Draco who was eyeing his down. 'I can drink this everyone else has and their fine. Plus they wouldn't kill me they need me,' he started to put the glass to his lips and looked over at his professor that seemed to not have eye contact with him 'How odd and Mother told me not to trust them,' he set his glass back down with out drinking. Samantha was watching her Father and Draco closely and noticed how big her Father's eyes got when he had not drank. 'That must have that potion to rebuild his mind from scratch. So Father can make absolutely sure he's on our side,' she loved his evil ideas.

"Draco why didn't you drink…that's very rude," She said and Draco shook his thoughts of Snape and his Mother out of his head and picked up the glass and down it in one gulp. Just as the liquid touched the back of his throat thoughts started spilling threw his mind like a movie, but a blinding light was tearing it apart so it wasn't visible anymore. Draco shook his head trying to make the white light go away, but he couldn't he saw images of his Father holding Faith, but the light tore right threw them. 'What's going on?' He stood up and lost balance landing on his back on the ground.

"I love you Draco," Hermione said.

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Everyone smiling as Ron and him had their girls at the end of their brooms.

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"We'll take care of her mate," Harry said

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"Don't Trust them Draco," Narcissa said.

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"This is my promise to you that I will come back to you after this…" he said

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"You look beautiful Hermione."

Flash

"It's in here in the cave."

Flash

'We're cousins!?'

The memories started to erase themselves he tried his hardest to grab onto the one's of this brunette girl that seemed to always be smiling at him, but the more he held on the more the white light grew brighter and as the light grew brighter Draco passed out on the floor with everyone surrounding him. The last thing he heard was someone saying how the planned worked out perfectly.

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"Draco…" He stirred in bed lifting his head towards the sound he opened his eyes and they lay upon a girl that looked beautiful as the sun hit her hair "Father he's awake!"

Voldemort rushed to his side and smirked followed by the others who came over and huddled around the boy.

"Where am I?" Draco said.

"Draco we're in my bedroom," Sam said.

"Draco? Where am I? Who are you? What am I doing here!" he got up fast and Zach and his Father grabbed him by the shoulders to hold him down.

"Hold on boy! you just passed out," Flint sr. said.

"Someone explain to me what is going on!"

Voldemort nodded his head towards his them and excused himself out and went to go find Snape who was still sitting at the dining room table.

"I guess your little potion did work after all," he sneered "Now tell me what do now?"

"You teach him from scratch by using the imperious curse on him, it programs him…" Snape looked down he could not believe he and Dumbledore didn't see this coming. Oblivious tu was a powerful potion it is a very strong memory potion and unlike the charm Lockhart used it was undetected and didn't have the person feeling dumb and confused after the programming of the person's new identity. Voldemort excused Snape's services for tonight and had him return back to the school where Snape would tell Dumbledore of his doings.

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"I had to make the potion! If I didn't my cover would be blown and you know that!" Snape yelled at everyone in the room. Lucius was mad and thank heavens his wife was asleep for this argument. Dumbledore paced the room as Snape was sitting on a chair being interrogated by everyone wanting know what Draco's reaction was and how much of his memory was gone.

"It's completely gone…" he trailed "he didn't even know who he was when he woke up."

"Nothing at all…not even Hermione," Narcissa was standing by the door she heard everything "Severus…no," Lucius came behind her and held her close.

"It's going to be fine. We're going to find a reverse potion for it, right?" he looked at the two men.

"I'm afraid there is no potion to restore his memory let alone have him back to his normal self back before everything happened," Dumbledore sighed "He's going to be far worse then you ever raised him, Lucius."

"How? I tried everything to teach-"

"But you didn't have the potion-"

"I HAD HIM SINCE HE WAS A BABY!"

"Lucius stop," she held her husband back.

"The others are not to know of this just yet," everyone looked over at Albus "Severus you also told me they want Pansy Parkinson now…her parents want her to replace Zabini who he guesses is lost since his parent's death."

"Yes next time I got back I am to bring Parkinson," he sighed "This is getting out of our hands now."

"They don't know about Ron and Pansy?"

"I think his main focus was Draco and his Hermione… they still think Parkinson is heart broken after their break up."

"Very well I guess the group should know," he sat back behind his desk and wished everyone to leave him alone for the night. In all truth Dumbledore was out of ideas he had no clue what his next move should be to bringing down the Dark Lord.

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How everyone will take the news especially Hermione?

Will Harry ever defeat the Dark Lord or will he have to defeat Draco now?

Will Draco get him memory back and how?

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